Every AI is failing, all the time.
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2025
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I hate the phrasing of this title. It makes it sound like it's already happened. It should be Will Perplexity be the first AI unicorn to fail?.
This article didn't even go into the service disruptions Perplexity has had the past couple of weeks. In short, the best thing Perplexity does is give you access to multiple models at once, but frequently when you try to select one for a specific thread, it will throw an error and (quietly) kick the response to your prompt to a backup.
Perplexity's calling it a technical issue but it looks more like throttling, especially considering API access to Claude is expensive and that's the one that is having the most "technical issues." I would have already gone elsewhere if my sub wasn't free, and if it continues to be this bad, I might end up going elsewhere anyway.
Could this be the run-up to Apple acquiring Perplexity? I remain convinced that Apple defending their internal AI division shows they are close to a major acquisition and are just waiting for a valuation dip on one of the major competitors. Distribution is a solved problem for Apple, what they need is proven usecases and a competitive tech stack.
That said, search and consolidating multiple model APIs isn't a great match for what Apple needs, and their optics aren't great. My bet is still on Apple acquires Anthropic in 2026.
Kinda interesting article. But really needs proof reading
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
All of them should fail. We don't need all this shit on such big scale. It just chokes the planet.
No! I still have my free year from being a PayPal User!
I am using only perplexity pro, it's my main AI assistant and really, the only one I have left while I have purged others. I have tried quite a few but perplexity seems to be doing the best for what I need AI for. Which is mostly doing the "Google" job.
I use them, but I wouldn't pay for them unless there are no other competing products that are similar for free or less price.
They're just reselling someone else's model anyway.